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Originally Posted by 451johnny

hi everybody I mostly favored john deere tractors but heard allot about the cub cadets. recently I had the chance to purchase one model # 2160 I was impress with how well it was built ( heavy duty ) anyway it was running fine until I install a new battery the wrong way positive on the negative etc-etc and as soon as I turned the key smoke came out ..everything still works except for the deck I checked the P.T.O switch with a volt meter and it seams to be alright any help would be greatly appreciated..johnny

You installed the battery backwards... You didnt get any sparks when doing this? If you indeed got lucky and everything works except for pto consider yourself lucky. So if you have power at switch you need to check that it also puts out power. Then check to see that you get power down at the pto. If you do then the pto itself may have fried.